Bill Clement Almost Quotations

Now the players have a vested interest in growing the sport because their salaries are tied to revenue, so everyone is pulling the same rope. It was almost as if we had to hit rock bottom until we started building back up. I firmly believe we would not have all the positive things we have if we did not go through a year without the sport. So to me, if that was the price tag that we had to pay, it was absolutely worth it.

The game is exponentially more exciting. When I think of the entertainment value of the sport in the five years leading up to the lockout and compare it to the product today, it's almost unfathomable to me the progress we've made in injecting entertainment back onto the ice.

I'm really excited for the NHL. It's just time, after so much negativity for so long, for optimism. It's almost as if a brick home has been destroyed and been rebuilt with superior bricks.